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Using surveillance data to determine treatment rates and outcomes for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Lattimore, Sam; Irving, William L.; Collins, Sarah; Penman, Celia; Ramsay, Mary

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Sam Lattimore

Sarah Collins

Celia Penman

Mary Ramsay



Abstract

The aim of this work was to develop and validate an algorithm to monitor rates of, and response to, treatment of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) across England using routine laboratory HCV RNA testing data. HCV testing activity between January 2002 and December 2011 was extracted from the local laboratory information systems of a sentinel network of 23 laboratories across England. An algorithm based on frequency of HCV RNA testing within a defined time period was designed to identify treated patients. Validation of the algorithm was undertaken for one center by comparison with treatment data recorded in a clinical database managed by the Trent HCV Study Group. In total, 267,887 HCV RNA test results from 100,640 individuals were extracted. Of these, 78.9% (79,360) tested positive for viral RNA, indicating an active infection, 20.8% (16,538) of whom had a repeat pattern of HCV RNA testing suggestive of treatment monitoring. Annual numbers of individuals treated increased rapidly from 468 in 2002 to 3,295 in 2009, but decreased to 3,110 in 2010. Approximately two thirds (63.3%; 10,468) of those treated had results consistent with a sustained virological response, including 55.3% and 67.1% of those with a genotype 1 and non-1 virus, respectively. Validation against the Trent clinical database demonstrated that the algorithm was 95% sensitive and 93% specific in detecting treatment and 100% sensitive and 93% specific for detecting treatment outcome. Conclusions: Laboratory testing activity, collected through a sentinel surveillance program, has enabled the first country-wide analysis of treatment and response among HCV-infected individuals. Our approach provides a sensitive, robust, and sustainable method for monitoring service provision across England

Citation

Lattimore, S., Irving, W. L., Collins, S., Penman, C., & Ramsay, M. (2014). Using surveillance data to determine treatment rates and outcomes for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatology, 59(4), 1343-1350. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.26926

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 6, 2013
Online Publication Date Feb 28, 2014
Publication Date 2014-04
Deposit Date Aug 4, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Hepatology
Print ISSN 0270-9139
Electronic ISSN 1527-3350
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 59
Issue 4
Pages 1343-1350
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.26926
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/724485
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26926

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